Tanuja
Tanuja means Daughter, born of the body.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Marathi |
| Language | Marathi |
| Starts with | T |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Mithun
- Nakshatra: Mrigashira
- More names starting with T
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Daughter, born of the body”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Tanushree — Meanings families give: Beautiful body, graceful; One with a beautiful body; graceful woman
- Samir — air, breeze, wind (also of the body See below)
- Angad — Armlet, ornament of the body
- Hemang — One with a golden body; shining
- Chandra — Meanings families give: Moon, the luminous celestial body that governs night; Moon, luminous; Moon, shining, luminous; Moon, bright and luminous
- Devang — N. of an emanation from Sadā-śiva's body (inventor of weaving)
More girls' names of Sanskrit-Marathi origin
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Dev — God, divine being
- Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Tanuja has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.